Muffuletta

Name: Muffuletta
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 6 inches round Italian bread loaf with sesame seeds; 1 mediums carrot, thinly sliced; 118 milliliters cauliflower florets; 1 stalks celery (with leaves), thinly sliced; 1 teaspoons dried thyme; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley; 177 milliliters pitted large green olives, finely chopped; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 170 grams sliced mortadella; 59 milliliters brine-cured pitted black olives, such as kalamata, finely chopped; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoons dried oregano; 2 Tbsps chopped jarred pimento (sweet peppers); 170 grams sliced provolone; 113 grams sliced sopressata

Muffuletta might be just the Creole recipe you are searching for. This main course has 705 calories, 25g of protein, and 64g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up round bread loaf, celery, pimento, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup of the oil, the carrot, celery, cauliflower, oregano, thyme and 3 tablespoons water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, covered, until the vegetables are somewhat tender, about 6 minutes.

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Transfer the vegetable mixture to a small bowl and stir in the olives, pimento and salt. Set aside to cool.

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Bowl

When the olive-vegetable salad has cooled, stir in the parsley.

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Slice the bread in half lengthwise. Using your hands, scoop out the inside of each bread half to make a shallow pocket.

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Brush the inside of the top half with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Fill the bottom bread half with the olive-vegetable salad and pack it down with your hands.

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Layer the provolone, mortadella and sopressata over the salad (without letting any hang over the sides). Cover with the top bread half and tightly wrap the sandwich with plastic wrap.

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Place the sandwich on a cutting board or baking sheet and weigh it down with a heavy object, such as a cast-iron skillet, for at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours.

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Remove the plastic wrap and cut the sandwich into fourths or sixths.

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Wrap

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Serve.

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Servings:

6inches

round Italian bread loaf with sesame seeds 1mediums

carrot, thinly sliced 118milliliters

cauliflower florets 1stalks

celery (with leaves), thinly sliced 1teaspoons

dried thyme 1Tbsp

chopped fresh parsley 177milliliters

pitted large green olives, finely chopped 1teaspoons

kosher salt 170grams

sliced mortadella 59milliliters

brine-cured pitted black olives, such as kalamata, finely chopped 118milliliters

extra-virgin olive oil 1teaspoons

dried oregano 2Tbsps

chopped jarred pimento (sweet peppers)170grams

sliced provolone 113grams

sliced sopressata

Recommended wine: Albarino, Rose Wine, Sauvignon Blanc

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Cadre Sea Queen Albarino

On the nose, this wine bursts with spicy citrus and salty zest. There is a seductive orange blossom aspect paired subtle banana and cardamom notes. You can definitely smell the sea influence on this wine as there are briny notes that speak to the nearby Pacific Ocean. White flower notes are ever so present, but salty tangy citrus is the driver. On the palate, this wine is full of tang and energy. Our Albariño never lacks acidity. In fact, managing that high acidity presents one of our biggest challenges, yet that is our greatest gift. There is a rich assembly of citrus, white fruits, stone fruit and tropicals that are all corralled with bright acidity from start to finish. A lingering freshness and minerality cements Albariño as the one varietal that is queen of the sea.